Comments on: Guardian 25264 Orlando – Rustic Romancehttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/03/08/guardian-25264-orlando-rustic-romance/
Never knowingly undersolved.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:23:20 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Carrotshttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/03/08/guardian-25264-orlando-rustic-romance/#comment-153446
Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:02:22 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=27252#comment-153446`fraid not, William. I was wondering if he was on a “Puffer”…one of those small steamboats which established a supply chain to the remoter Scottish Isles. I always remember a (`60s ?) television series about the “Vital Spark” and it`s roguish Captain, Parahandie. They don`t make them like that anymore!
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Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:54:25 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=27252#comment-153418Carrots @26

I agree entirely – how exciting. Did you elicit a response from Cap’n Aubrey? Any relation to Patrick O’Brien’s hero, I wonder?

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Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:09:49 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=27252#comment-153372Crosser: Good point, but I`ve always put this down to the fact that Americans are not good spellers. They are also masters of using twenty multi-syllable words when one precise one will do. I`d like to see `em hauled up at The Hague on charges of Crimes Against The English Language.
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Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:39:12 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=27252#comment-153346I wonder if the tendency to elide two-word expressions (often hyphenated) into a single word is (partly) due to the influence of American English? I have noticed that where British English has a hyphen, Americans often write just one word.
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Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:53:11 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=27252#comment-153316Stiofan
I remember the Araucaria crossword with that as an answer but not which one. Might be in his excellent book of puzzles?
Love these blogs everyone – keep them up!
And nice to see a setter popping in from time to time.
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Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:44:51 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=27252#comment-153312Typo – Geoff @9 re Lady Hamilton backing divine crew’s quarters
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Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:43:12 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=27252#comment-153311Hi Eileen @7 – noted. LYRA seems to appeal to compilers as it hides well in combinations like ‘disorderly ravers’ and ‘heavenly radiance.’
Geoff @29: Dead right, 13a has a brilliant surface. Top marks, Orlando.
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Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:30:08 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=27252#comment-153310Thanks Orlando and UY. very enjoyable.
I don’t think anyone has mentioned it but Chambers gives (archaic, old) iron = theatre safety curtain.(1 down)
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Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:48:57 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=27252#comment-153298Many thanks Eileen, Stiofain (lovely name!), Andrew & K`s Dad: Of course, after the first gurgle I had another…and quite forgot about the task I set myself. I`m grateful for helping me out. I wonder if the inreasing tendency to run words together derives from computers not liking spaces in addresses and HTTPs etc.?